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Hello everyone My NPC is in remission, but liver metastases were found. Underwent GemCarbo chemotherapy, liver tumours had shrunk enough for a liver resection. However, the resection operation was interrupted as portal lymph nodes involvement seen...
Hi, I'm a bit confused with computers so fingers crossed someone can read this. I finished radiotherapy last September and all seems to be going pretty well, but I noticed my saliva glands were a little bigger, then they got a lot bigger and now HUGE...
Hi All, sorry for so many posts! 5 weeks ago, i was on 25mcg fentanyl, and 40ml morphine - i didnt feel i needed it anymore so told my consultant i was going to get off the fentanyl first then the morphine I used the 12.5mcg patch for 9 days, then...
Hello Again Everyone, Prior to my radiotherapy, I had a dental assessment done at Dundee Dental Hospital and, after explaining the possible effects of RT, they asked me if I wanted my lower set of teeth removed (top set are dentures) and I declined...
4 weeks post radiotherapy and i wish the pain would go. Its mainly ulcer pain, extreme pain with eating to the poibt of crying, hurts when i talk and drink. Hurts when i rest. Sleep is the only thing that helps. im on co co cocodamol , gabapentin , oramorph...
Hi everyone, I just wondered if anyone could share any similar experiences as I am currently waiting for surgery for a tumour, currently treating as benign but has indicators of malignancy that will be confirmed after surgery. Think like many diagnosis...
Hi all! I have recently been diagnosed with cancer in my neck somewhere caused by HPV. I am waiting for the results of the PET scan and will hopefully have an MRI scan next week or so. Over the last couple of weeks I have been constantly thinking of all...
Even though I got the all-clear on Thursday (see earlier post), I still have a dry mouth, fatigue and a sore throat. The pain is usually bearable, often sorted with gulping down a couple of mouthfuls of water., regularly throat the day. Trying...
Well my husband has been home for just over a week now. He is doing really well, good days and bad days but mostly good on the whole. He is getting the hang of all his equipment but does say it takes for ever but I’m sure he will get quicker with time...
